Bridgeport Then & Now
When I travel on Route One, I like to imagine what the road looked like in the 1920’s when it became the nation’s first interstate highway. This trip shows locations in and around Bridgeport where I found images from the early 20th Century and took photos to show what these places look like today. These “Then & Now” images gives me a clearer sense of the prosperity and the economic importance of what has become Connecticut’s largest city since the 1970’s.
Itinerary
 | Columbia Records original Headquarters, c. 1907 Howe St & Kossuth St, Bridgeport, CT 06608, USA |
 | Soldiers & Sailors Memorial in Seaside Park |
| Mountain Grove Cemetery |
 | Perry Memorial Arch in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now Bridgeport CT |
| Seawall at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now Bridgeport CT |
| P.T. Barnum Statue, Then & Now - Bridgeport, CT Bridgeport CT |
| Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial, Then & Now -Bridgeport, CT Bridgeport CT |
| Bridgeport Public Library, Then & Now Bridgeport CT |
| United Congregational Islamic Center, in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now Bridgeport CT |
| YMCA of Bridgeport, Then & Now Bridgeport CT |
 | McLevy Green 102 Bank St, Bridgeport, CT 06604, USA |
Columbia Records original Headquarters, c. 1907
Howe St & Kossuth St, Bridgeport, CT 06608, USA
Who would have guessed this one? Columbia Records grew from a gramophone manufacturing company that dates back to the 1890s. They started pressing discs in 1902 in the building that was once occupied by the Howe sewing Machine factory. The building has been demolished, and a dog racing track commands the intersection where it once stood.
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial in Seaside Park
Guillermo Bosch submitted this view on Route1Views https://route1views.com/travel-the-road/?Latest=Latest&filteredlistopen=true&view_id_nofilter=8863
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Matthew Christopher posted this view on Route1Views: https://route1views.com/travel-the-road/?Latest=Latest&filteredlistopen=true&view_id_nofilter=8622
Perry Memorial Arch in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now
Bridgeport CT
Seawall at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now
Bridgeport CT
P.T. Barnum Statue, Then & Now - Bridgeport, CT
Bridgeport CT
Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial, Then & Now -Bridgeport, CT
Bridgeport CT
Bridgeport Public Library, Then & Now
Bridgeport CT
United Congregational Islamic Center, in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now
Bridgeport CT
YMCA of Bridgeport, Then & Now
Bridgeport CT
McLevy Green
102 Bank St, Bridgeport, CT 06604, USA
Abraham Lincoln spoke in Bridgeport in 1860 in the center of the old city.
Peter Evans CT Bridgeport Sep 01, 2021 History Trips
Sep 01, 2021
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